Tuesday, October 27, 2015

List of rulers of Ife.


Yoruba Copper mask for King Obalufon, Ife, Nigeria
The Ọọ̀ni of Ilé-Ifẹ̀ is the traditional ruler of Ile-Ife, whose dynasty goes back hundreds of years. Ife-Ifè is an ancient Yoruba people city in south-western Nigeria.

Ọọ̀ni Lajamisan, who was the 8Th Ọọ̀ni of Ile Ife, was a Son of Ọọ̀ni Oranmiyan, (Ọọ̀ni Oranmiyan was the Father of the first Oba of Benin, First Aláàfin of Oyo and the Father of Oṣile of Oke-Ona Egba).

Ife bronze casting of a King, dated around 12th Century
Ọọ̀ni Lajamisan the son of Ọọ̀ni Oranmiyan, was also the Father of Ọọ̀ni Lajodoogun, the 9th Ọọ̀ni of Ile Ife, through whom the genealogy of all succeeding Ọọ̀nis of Ile Ife until the reigning Ọọ̀ni Okunade Adele Sijuwade, Olubuse 11, Arole Oduduwa and the Head of the Yoruba Nation, is traced down to Ọọ̀ni Odùduwà, The Ancestral Father of the Yorubas Globally.

  1. Oduduwa
  2. Osangangan Obamakin
  3. Ogun
  4. Obalufon Ogbogbodirin
  5. Obalufon Alayemore (Obalufon II)
  6. Oranmiyan
  7. Ooni Ayetise
  8. Lajamisan
  9. Lajodoogun
  10. Lafogido
  11. Odidimode Rogbeesin
  12. Aworokolokin
  13. Ekun
  14. Ajimuda
  15. Gboonijio
  16. Okanlajosin
  17. Adegbalu
  18. Osinkola
  19. Ogboruu
  20. Giesi
  21. Luwoo
  22. Lumobi
  23. Agbedegbede
  24. Ojelokunbirin
  25. Lagunja
  26. Larunnka
  27. Ademilu
  28. Omogbogbo
  29. Ajila Oorun
  30. Adejinle
  31. Olojo
  32. Okiti
  33. Lugbade
  34. Aribiwoso
  35. Osinlade
  36. Adagba
  37. Ojigidiri
  38. Akinmoyero (1770–1800)
  39. Gbanlare (1800–1823)
  40. Gbegbaaje (1823–1835)
  41. Wunmonije (1835–1839)
  42. Adegunle Adewela (1839–1849)
  43. Degbinsokun (1849–1878)
  44. Orarigba (1878–1880)
  45. Derin Ologbenla (1880–1894)
  46. Adelekan Olubuse I (1894–1910)
  47. Adekola (1910)
  48. Ademiluyi Ajagun (1910–1930)
  49. Adesoji Aderemi (1930–1980)
  50. Alayeluwa Oba Okunade Sijuwade Olubuse II (1980-2015)
  51. Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi (Appointed October 25, 2015)
 Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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